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Steel Challenge Comes To Harvard, Massachusetts

Steel Challenge Comes To Harvard, Massachusetts

Steel Challenge Shooting Association

HARVARD, Mass. --(Ammoland.com)- The Harvard Sportsmen’s Club announced they will host their first Steel Challenge Shooting Association sanctioned Steel Challenge speed shooting match, complete with all eight Steel Challenge stages, on Saturday, November 5, 2011.

The popular Steel Challenge format offers a fun, yet challenging, competition structure that’s ideally suited for new as well as experienced shooters looking to expand their shooting sports experience. Shooters can compete in the match in a variety of categories including Open Pistol, Iron Sight Pistol, Production, Open Revolver, Iron Sight Revolver, Open Rimfire Pistol, Iron Sight Rimfire Pistol, Open Rimfire Rifle and Iron Sight Rimfire Rifle.

“We have had a great response from club members and local shooters to the announcement of our first official Steel Challenge match and, weather permitting, we are expecting 80 to 100 shooters to enter the match,” said match organizer Paul Dandini.

In addition to the strong response from shooters, the Harvard Steel Challenge has also garnered enthusiastic support from the firearms industry. Apex Tactical Specialties, Atlanta Arms & Ammo, Brownells, DC Ammo, Ear Safety Systems, Evolution Gun Works, Inc., GT Targets, Lee Precision, Midway USA, Powder Valley, Pro Ears, Safailand, Sierra Bullets, Smith & Wesson, SureFire, Tactical Defense Solutions, Tactical Solutions, Taurus, The Shooting Wire, Trijicon, Volquarten Custom and Zero Bullet Company have all donated to a random drawing the match is offering to all competitors registered prior to the shooters’ meeting.

“With the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships moving to Florida in 2012, there is a lot of interest in expanding the sport of speed shooting and the Harvard match is a great way for New England area shooters to experience the Steel Challenge first hand,” said Dave Thomas of the Steel Challenge Shooting Association.

For those interested in competing on November 5, the match fee will be $20, and just $10 for juniors not accompanied by an adult competitor. Registration will be on-site and will begin at 8:15am and shooters must be registered prior to the shooter’s meeting to be entered in the random prize drawing. Shooting is scheduled to begin at 9:00am. Additional information and match updates can be found on the NortheastShooters.com forum.

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Jessie Harrison’s Steel Challenge Clean Sweep Sets Up 3-Peat

Jessie Harrison's Steel Challenge Clean Sweep Sets Up 3-Peat

Steel Challenge Shooting Association

PIRU, Calif. --(Ammoland.com)- Reaffirming her position at the top woman shooter in the country, and fastest in the world, Jessie Harrison swept all four major titles at the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships in Piru, Calif. to take her third consecutive, and fourth career, overall women’s title.

Harrison, a Team Leupold shooter from McDonough, Ga., began the three day speed shooting contest by winning Thursday’s Women’s Open Rimfire Pistol event, placing fourth overall with a time of 76.70 seconds.

Then on Friday, Harrison returned to the winner’s circle with a win in the Women’s Limited Pistol event where she placed 12th overall with a time of 109.68 seconds.

With the first two legs of the Steel Master combined event complete – the Steel Master title goes to the shooter with the best combined time from the Rimfire Pistol event, one of the iron sight pistol events, such as Limited, and the Open Pistol contest – Harrison focused on her third straight women’s overall and Steel Master title in Saturday’s Open match by winning all eight stages to take the Open title in a time of 95.60 seconds.

Harrison claimed the Women’s Steel Master trophy with a combined three-event time of 281.98, finishing fourth overall.

“Jessie is by far the most dominant woman shooter in current Steel Challenge competition,” said Mike Dalton, match director and one of the co-founders of the Steel Challenge. “Her performance over the last couple years has set the bar very high, and with her fourth overall title at this year’s match, she’s closing in on the record for overall titles held by the great Kay Miculek. seven time winner of the Steel Challenge.”

Second place overall in the Women’s contest went to Team Glock’s Randi Rogers with a time of 105.82 seconds. Third place went to the top junior shooter at this year’s Steel Challenge, 14-year-old Team Smith & Wesson shooter Janae Sarabia of Lompoc, Calif. with 114.38 seconds.

Fourth place went to seven time women’s champ, Kay Miculek of Princeton, La. with a time of 115.31 while fifth place went to Brooke Brooke of Georgia with 116.94.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships has served as the unofficial proving ground for the latest shooting equipment and determined who within the shooting sports community is truly the fastest of the fast.

For more information on the Steel Challenge Shooting Association visit www.SteelChallenge.com, follow @SteelChallenge on Twitter, find Steel Challenge on Facebook (facebook.com/SteelChallenge) or visit the Steel Challenge blog (www.steelchallenge.posterous.com/).

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